Guinea-Bissau

Population Statistics

1,726,170

Total Population

258,926

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

31
dec

Bissau-Guinean Presidency 2024

2024

24 September 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1984, last amended 1991)

Updated: June 2015

Article 23 states:

All citizens shall be equal before the law, shall have the same rights, and shall be subject to the same duties, without distinction regarding race, sex, social, intellectual or cultural level, religious belief, or philosophical conviction.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1984, last amended 1991)